Some staggering numbers coming out of Japan today — according to Response, over 6,000 GS 250/350/450h models have been pre-ordered by Japanese customers, which is ten times more than the original sales goal of 600 units a month.

(Put into context, Lexus Japan sold 42,365 units in total last year, meaning that if all other models were to sell the same for 2012, 6,000 GSs would boost overall sales by 12% — and that’s just pre-orders.)